Both me and DH are feeling a bit unsettled, like we aren't sure what we're supposed to be doing with life. We are late 30s, have 2 DC (8 and 5), own a house and both have good careers with good salaries. Both DC are now at school and they are great and we do enjoy our life altogether. But I think we both feel a bit flat, perhaps, that there doesn't seem to be anything left to strive for. Is it really just day to day life for the next 20 years until we retire?
I would like to get a promotion at work, but think it will just happen at some point, it is not really something I need to strive for or work towards.
We recently talked about having a third child - not in order to solve this problem, though it certainly would have temporarily - but think we probably won't go for it as we do enjoy the lifestyle we have with our current DC.
We talked about buying a bigger house, but even though we feel like we have quite a bit of spare money, it's probably not enough to buy a bigger house without crippling ourselves.
We could take up hobbies, but actually I don't find the thought of anything appealing. Partly I think because it feels a bit pointless and without a real purpose. But also because life is busy and hectic enough that I don't need to add anything else to it!
DH would like a dog but I think the kids would need to be older and more self sufficient.
Has anyone else had this problem and if so what did you do about it?